Shovel



Feb. 25, 1947.

- G. A. SPENCER 'SHOVEL Filed Aug. 4, 1945 Patented Feb. 25, 194? 1 angman: I snovm.

I eorge A. Spencer, North Bla tte lqebr. I Application August 4, 19 15, S er ial No. 608,926"

This invention relates to a shovel and it is one object of the invention to provide a shovel provided withan' auxiliary handle which is located over the, usual shovel'handle and in such relation to the conventional shovel handle that the shovel, when heavily loaded, may; be very easily lifted and carried from one place to another or the shovel manipulated so'that'materialiiii the scoop of the shovel may be easily thrown into a wagon or other vehicle of'ofit'oa pile ofinat riall- A further object of the invention is to so form theauxiliary handle that it has a bar extending longitudinally of the bar of'th'e rnain handle of the shovel and a' handheld at the front-end ofthe bar,

- the bar being'so'located that it may be grasped and allowed to slide through a person's hand when shoveling and the hand hold at the front of the bar being so located that when it is grasped a load taken up by the scoop of the shovel will be well balanced and allowed to be lifted and carried with minimum effort.

Another object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary handle capable of being applied to shovels of a conventional construction without making changes in the construction thereof.

, ing drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shovel equipped with the improved auxiliary handle.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view upon an enlarged scale showing the hand hold at the front end of the auxiliary handle and the struts connecting it with the scoop of the shovel.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 1. I

The shovel to which the auxiliary handle has been shown applied is of a conventional construction and has the usual scoop I equipped with a rearwardly extending shank 2 in which a handle 3 is secured by pins 4. The handle 3 is of the customary length and at its rear end is formed with a hand hold 5, by means of which the handle is grasped when using the shovel. The auxiliary handle which is indicated in general by the numeral 6 has a shank I formed from a strip of strong metal. This shank extends longitudinally of the handle 3 and is disposed over this handle with its rear end secured flat against the forward portion of the hand hold 5 bya fastener 8. The strip or shank 1 extends forwardly in diverging relation to the handle 3 and at its front end is bent to form a depending tongue 9 through which a bolt I0 is passed to secure the tongue to the U-shaped yoke II of a handhold I2. The arms of the yoke I I extend forwardly and are formed to sloiaims. (01.291558) receive a pin I3 bymeans of which a tubular grip I4 is mounted between forward ends of the arms of-the yoke. The pin I3 also passes through upper ends of struts I5. which are formed from metal strips; 'I'hese-struts- I5. extend downwardly from the yoke in;diverging,relation to each other and have their; lower end portions twisted, as shown at I6,-to form attaching, feet Ilwhich aresecured by rivets It to the rear portion ofthe scoop I in spaced; relation to opposite sides of the front endoftheshankz; When the shovel equipped ,with the auxi-liary hand e is mus therha d hold 5 isgltaspcdzwith o e a-nd and th ot er handmay gras the. shank of H material. As the scoop is .thrust into the material, the hand grasping the shank I may be'allowed to slide along this shank and the shovel scoop is to be carried from one place to another,

the hand hold I2 will be grasped by the tubular I grip I4- and since this grip is located over the forward portion of the shank 2, the weight will be so distributed that when one hand isgrasping the grip I4 and the other the grip of the hand hold 5, the loaded shovel may be very easily lifted and carried without excessive strain upon the person using the shovel.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in the shape, size and arrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice,

if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In combination with a shovel having'a scoop provided with a rearwardly extending saidyoke and securing the yoke to the tongue with its arms projecting forwardly from said eauxiliary handle andthoseoop-thrustilnto g g arms of said yoke, a pin passing through said hand grip with its end portions passing through arms of the yoke and upper endsof said struts, said struts extending downwardly in diverging relation to each other at opposite sides of the shank of said scoop and having their lower ends twisted to f'orm attaching feet overlapping iportions of the scoop at the rear thereof in transverse spaced relation to the shank of the scoop, and fasteners passing through the feet of said rearwardly extending struts and through portions of the scoop overlappedbythefeet. 2. A shovel having a scoopprovided with a posed struts, the upper ends of said struts being rearwardly extending shank and 'a handle ,carsecured by means of said pinto said yoke at the ried by the shank and provided with a hand hold at its rear end, and anauxiliary handle forv said shovel comprising a strip secured to the hand hold and extendingforwardlyfover the handle and the shank in vertical spaced relation thereto,

a yoke mounted at the forward end of said strip and'having forwardly extending arms, a hand grip extending between front ends of the arms 'of said yoke, struts disposed vertically at opposite sides of the front end of said yoke, a pin passing through the hand grip and through front ends relation to opposite sides of the shank.- 3-. 'A shovel; icomprising" in combination, a scoop having an upstanding marginal flange, a

flange, a handle secured'at one end thereof in said shank, a hand hold at the remaining end of said handle, and an auxiliary handle comprising a strip secured at one end thereof to the forward portion of said hand hold, said strip extending forwardly in a divergent relationship with respect to said handle and in vertical alignment therewith, a downturned tongue at .the'remaining end of said strip; a strap secured medially of its length to said tongue and being arcuated to ,form a, U-shaped, forwardly extending yoke, a transversely disposed pin connecting together the free extremities of said yoke, a tubular hand grip mounted on said pin, and a pair of vertically disrelatively opposite ends of saidhand grip, said struts extending downwardly in a mutually divergent relationship and having the lower end portions'thereof twisted toform attaching feet, said feet being securedto'saidflange attherela I tively opposite sides of said shank. I

of thearms and upper ends of said struts, and said struts extending downwardly and having 5 their lower ends bent to form feet secured to the 1 rear portion of the scoop imtfansversesiaaced p JGEORGEA, SPENCER; 1 REFEREN ES 'orriin, f If a i a The following references are "of recordfln'fthe file of thislp tent UNITED sTA'rEs time, 7

Number Nanre jDate" --1,449,702 Sizemore" Mar; 27,1923

875,504 Clark Dec. '31, 1907 [304,067

shank secured to said 

